Släkthistoria för Summerscale
Summerscale Vad efternamn betyder
in most cases from Summerscales in Hazlewood (WR Yorks). The name is a compound of Middle English somer (Old Scandinavian sumar) + scale(s) ‘summer sheiling(s)’ (Old Scandinavian skáli; see Scale). Shielings were seasonal huts or sheds from which a cattle or sheep farm was managed in the summer months. In Hazlewood this was the name of a farm on the Bolton Priory estate. The surname appears with and without final -s.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
